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NASB | John 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 20:22 And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. [Acts 1:8; 2:1-3] |
Subject: Retain or forgive sins? |
Bible Note: Greetings Tam! Just for clarification, you wrote: "What, though do you think about the fact that Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on them, or blew in the Holy Spirit on them? I highly doubt that John meant that as a figurative language denoting a pledge or else he would have used different language to describe what Jesus did. John says Jesus blew in or out, or on, the Holy Spirit on them. As a literal interpretation Jesus did not command them in that passage to receive the Holy Spirit at all, He breathed Him on or in them, He didn't command them that. What He commnaded was to retain or forgive sins. Or are you saying He didn't blow on, or in, or out, the Holy Spirit on them as the text indicates as a literal interpretation?" The text never says that Jesus breathed anything on or in them. It simply says "He breathed on them". Secondly, He did command them. The word 'receive' is an imperative. Here is the complete text of the verse again. John 20:22 - "And with that He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit" Have a great 4th my friend, I have to get ready for work. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |